Contibutors: Navigators, Mentats, Fremen, and Bene Gesserit viii

Introduction: "He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe" xiv
Kevin S. Decker

A Brief Dune Series Timeline xviii

Songs of Muad'Dib: Culture and Religion in Dune 1

1 Liberating Women's Bodies: Feminist Philosophy and the Bene Gesserit of Dune 3
Kara Kennedy

2 What Do Zendaya's Blue Eyes Really Mean? 14
Edwardo Pérez

3 The Golden Path and Multicultural Meanings of Life 24
Ethan Mills

4 Messiahs, Jihads, and God Emperors: Should Humanity Just Give Up Religion? 35
Greg Littmann

5 (Re)defining Masculinity and Femininity in Villeneuve's Dune 46
Edwardo Pérez

Arrakis Awakening: Science and Ecology in Dune 55

6 Spiritual Realm Adaptation: Arrakeen Spice, Terrestrial Psychedelics, and Technique 57
A.M. Houot

7 Thinking Like a Desert: Environmental Philosophy and Dune 67
Zach Vereb

8 Humans, Machines, and an Ethics for Technology in Dune 76
Zachary Pirtle

The Wisdom of Muad'Dib: Mind, Memory, and Interpretation in Dune 87

9 "Thou Shalt Make a Human Mind in the Likeness of a Machine": Imitation, Thinking Machines, and Mentats 89
Tomi Kokkonen, Ilmari Hirvonen, and Matti Mäkikangas

10 Herbert's Gholas: Mystical Legends and Scientific Inspiration 99
Jennifer Mundale

11 Psychological Expanses of Dune: Indigenous Philosophy, Americana, and Existentialism 108
Matthew Crippen

12 Thatched Cottages at Cordeville: Hegel, Heidegger, and the Death of Art in Dune 119
Kevin S. Decker

The Lens of Time: Freedom, History, and Evil in Dune 131

13 Should the Bene Gesserit Be in Charge? 133
Greg Littmann

14 Prisoners of Prophecy: Freedom and Foreknowledge in the Dune Series 144
William Peden

15 Time versus History: A Conflict Central to Herbert's Dune 153
Aaron Irvin

The Humanity of Muad'Dib: Morality and Ethics in Dune 163

16 Secher Nbiw and the Child's Right to an Open Future 165
Kenneth R. Pike

17 The Spice of Life: Hedonism and Nozick in the Dune Universe 173
Luke Hillman

18 "Less Than a God, More Than a Man": Is It Morally Wrong to Make a Kwisatz Haderach? 179
Alexandru Dragomir

19 That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Shai-Hulud: Self-overcoming in Nietzsche, Hinduism, and Dune 189
Steve Bein

Lessons of the Great Revolt: Politics and War in Dune 199

20 The God Emperor and the Tyrant: The Political Theology of Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 201
James R.M. Wakefield

21 Lessons from Islamic Philosophy on the Politics of Paul Atreides 211
Galipcan Altinkaya and Mehmet Kuyurtar

22 Why Settle for Hobbes's Sovereign When You Could Have a God Emperor? 221
R.S. Leiby

23 The Mind at War: Conflict and Cognition in Frank Herbert's Dune 229
Sam Forsythe

Index 239